Pro Farmer Crop Tour News & Analysis
For more than 30 years, Pro Farmer Crop Tour scouts have been providing the agriculture industry with insights into potential corn and soybean production, gathering scout reports from 2,000+ fields across Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio and South Dakota. This year’s Pro Farmer Crop Tour takes place August 17-20, 2026.
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Tune in all day for Pro Farmer Crop Tour coverage. We’ll follow along as scouts spread out across the Corn Belt, providing real-time analysis, weather and market information for viewers each day starting at 8 a.m. CT and ending with our nightly results broadcast at 7:55 pm CT.
Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 174.18 bu. per acre. Pod counts in a 3' x 3' square averaged 1188.45.
Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 185.69 bu. per acre . Pod counts in a 3' x 3' square averaged 1,287.28
This year’s crop has been hyped up to be record breaking — we will see how that holds up.
Pro Farmer estimates the U.S. corn crop at 14.979 billion bu. using an average yield of 181.1 bu. per acre. We estimate the U.S. soybean crop at 4.740 billion bu. at an average yield of 54.9 bu. per acre.
Observations from Day 4 of the western leg of the Crop Tour.
Observations from Day 4 of the eastern leg of Crop Tour.
Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 192.79 bu. per acre. Pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1,312.31.
Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 164.9 bu. per acre. Pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1,036.59.
Observations from Day 3 of the eastern leg of Crop Tour.
Preliminary results from Tour leaders and consultants on the eastern and western legs.